An overdue verdict on Guergis
The Ethics Commissioner has ruled that Helena Guergis did indeed contravene ethics guidelines when she promoted a company that her husband was connected to in a letter to her local…
July 2011
Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News Gang
For the last two weeks I was lucky to have been in Britain as the Rupert Murdoch / News International scandal hit that country like a massive meteorite, rocking its…
Canadian media’s narrative of the Afghan war suspiciously like a fairy tale
The Intercontinental Hotel, Kabul, as it’s supposed to look: About as real as Canadian reporting on Afghanistan. Below: Helicopters hovering, above the Intercontinental, as shot by Reuters News Service; in…
Shorter
Shorter Eric Bolling: I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard was not what I meant.
Pulpit and Politics soon to be a book
Dennis Gruending, a popular Canadian religion blogger will be publishing a book in the fall, titled after his blog, Pulpit and Politics: I have been struck over the past few…
Packed and ready to go
Have I missed anything? Hope not. I'm mostly ready to go. Of course the last thing is computer related. I managed to wipe out the virtual machine I use to…
Proof That Cowboys Are Kind of Morons
Apparently riding bulls whose nuts have been twisted to drive them into a frenzy of pain and rage is a stupid, fucking thing to do. According to a recent study,…
Today at the Beach
Rare and perfect summer weather–sunny and 26 (79)–lured me to the beach with M & H. We waded in the water; we collected rocks, just a handful of small ones…
Who knew that stuff you learned in school…
...would be useful someday. Well in all seriousness I did, but this made some of the theory a little less theoretical. My bi-monthly edition of SkyNews showed up shortly after…
Gazebo memories
Here's today's Globe and Mail cartoon. Remember the gazebo in the middle of nowhere? Good times...You know, the horrendous G8-G20 spending debacle was revealed just three months ago.Why is our…
British Columbians Support Carbon Taxes, What’s Holding Up the Rest of You?
A FINE IDEA, BUNGLED - THANKS JACK A solid majority of British Columbians surveyed by the Pembina Institute support their provincial government's carbon taxation. Here are some of the findings:"…
Socialist duckling
Luckily for this duckling the authoritarian ducks were too busy hoarding to notice.H/T: Political Carnival
Great line of the day
At Balloon Juice, Angry Black Lady takes on Jane Hamsher's Obama-bashing: Jane, you are a mindless twit. You are wrong about everything, like, ALL THE TIME. Your blog posts are…
Hookahs at SFU go up in smoke
The Pakistan Student Association at my school, Simon Fraser University, was planning a party/fundraiser to build municipal spirit in the aftermath of the Stanley Cup riots. As part of their…
Greenpeace uncloaks phony anti-climate change scientist
Dr. Willie Soon has been the go-to scientist favoured by climate change deniers for years. Used by the Fraser Institute and Koch Industries, Soon has proven invaluable in giving ammunition…
When Keith Tweets, Christy Listens….
...And Then Tells Him What To Say.And, bizarrely, Mr. Baldrey appears to be proud of the fact that he gets fingered as a 'friendly'.How do we know this?Because Mr. Baldrey…
Connie Black Slams Rupe Murdoch
A big h/t to Matthew Steeples of London, apparently Knightsbridge, who brings us a glance behind the paywall of the Financial Times for a look at how the lordly Conrad…
CBC Funding Cuts & Moore Lies
A lie is a lie no matter who says it. Most partisans would do well to know that and do better by having a memory to retain it.Last February Heritage…